DNI's Fabius Maximus: Iraq and the Future

[Hansmeister]

Interesting, both in content and style.

The comparison itself is worrisome; it rings of great power doomed by its arrogance and ignorance. I fear that are current leaders are unwilling to attempt to bring any of this to be seriously debated in the public sphere and until that happens we will repeat the worst mistakes of our history.

I'm afraid the public sphere isn't interested in a serious debate. Both the media and the political opposition is content in playing 'gotcha' and patting themselves on the back for their 20/20 hindsight. Gotcha games like that result in a circling of the wagons of the current political leadership, resulting in a complete absence of serious debate. Partisanship trumps policy.

[Fabius Maximus]

The response of most readers to this aricle -- link above, which gave some disturbing comparisons between Iraq and Vietnam -- was "oh, well."

Perhaps the muted response is the most astonishing aspect of the comparison.

What was once shocking is not no big deal.